Railway-track construction.



J'. W. BLOWER. RAILWAY TRACK CON STRUGTION APPLIOATION'PILBD JAN. 17, 19.10.

Patented May 3, 1910:

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" OSEPH w. Browns, OF COLUMBUS, omo.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Ma a, 1910.

Application fil ed January 17, 1910. Serial No. 533,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l', Josnrrr W. Bnownn,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at.

Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Track Construction, of which the following is a specification. My invent-ion relates to the improvement of railway track construction and the objects of myinvention are to pr'ovidea substantial and durable railway track construction which will admit of ordinary track T rails being employed as ties; to so" support and retain the track rails upon the ties as to insure the retention of'the track rails in their proper positions with relation to each other and the ties; to obviate anytcndency of the track rails toward spreading or losing their proper gage and to produce other improvements the details of which willbe'more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which--v Figure 1 is a transverse section of a railway tracli having my improved construction,

Fig. 2 is an-enlarged sectional view on line ww of Fig. 1 with the track rail removed,- Fig. 3 is a detail view in,elevation of on? of the locking pins, Fig.4 is a detail vie\ in perspective of a tie end having my nnprt ved construction, and, Fig. 5 is-a side elev': tion of a portlon of one of the track. rails sho v-mg two the manner of supporting the same 0 ad acent ties.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts' throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention, I pi'e ferably' eniploy ties of the character indicated at 1 an the bodies of which are formed of ordi.

nary railway track sections of the" usual T form. ()f the tie thusem'ployed, 2 represents the usual tread or ball of the rail, 3 the central vertical web and 4 the flanged base. In preparing one of the rail sections 1 for use as a tie, I-weld to the upper side of each end thereof, the under side of the outer portion of a brace bar or track rail engaging member '.lhe inner end portion 5 of the engaging member 5, is inclined upwardly from its welded lower face and the forward upwardly inclined extension thus formed, is of such heightand outline as to permit ot its inner eud bearing against the outer face of the web of an adjoining track rail and till the space between the tread of said track rail and the base thereof. Upon the inner side of each of the members 5 at the proper distance therefrom, I form vertically through the tread 2 of the rail an opening (3, which is continued downward into the comparatively .thin web 3 in the form ofa slotted opening (3, the face of the web on each side of the base of said slotted oicning, being inclined or beveled as indicated at 6.

In constructing a railway by my improved method, the ties are laid transversely of the braced ties in the usual manner and the usual Ttrack rails such as are indicated at 7, aremounted with their flanged bases 7 upon the upper sides of the ties in such position that the base flange of each of the track rails will enter therecess formed beneath the extended portionf) of the brace member 5. \Vhen in this position, it will be observed that the head or end of the extension 5 will bear against the outer face of the central web of the track rail section and between the head or laterally extending tread portion of said rail and its base, said 30 tr: ck rail thus being held against upward or outward movement. In order to com- "plete the locking of the track rail in this p0- sition,'I insert through the opening 6 and into the continuation thereof, a locking-pin such as is indicated at 8, said pin having a laterally extended spike head 8 which is adapted to embrace the upper side of the inner base flange ot-the track rail and the 7 body of the 'pin having its lower portion split centrally and vertically to form two separated members 8", the rounded lower ends of which when forced into contact with .the bottom of the slotted opening 6 of the web, spread .ontwardlv in the manner indicated more clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawing, thus locking the pin against voluntary upward movement.

By the construction and operation de scribed, it will readilygbe understoodthat simple although reliable means are provided for holding av track rail. in its proper posi-. tion on a tie rail of the construction described. It is obvious that the members 5, the. outer po1tions of which are welded to thetie rail, will serve to efl'ectually brace the outer sides of the rails, thus obviating'any tendency ofthe rails to spread one from the other or to lose their proper gage.

Although the hereindescribed ties may be 11 placed on the trackway after the manner of laying ordinary wooden ties, it will be understood that to more effectively brace the rails and to provide an increased bearing therefor when desired, two of the ties may be arranged as indicated in Fig. 5 of the 5 drawing, that is, with their bases adjacent to'each other.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple and eilicient means are'herein provided for accomplishing the objects of 10 the invention, but while the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the urposes for which they are intended, itis to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but

15 includes within its purview such changes as brace member having an inwardlyextending and upwardly inclinedportion, said tie rail having a pm receiving opening formed through its head portion and extended into its web, of a track rail of T form having a flanged base as shown, said track rail adapted to be supported upon said tie and to have .one .of its flanges engage the recess beneath the-inwardly extending portion of sa1d tie brace member, and a locking pin adapted'to, be driven into said tie openiim, said pin having an enlarged head adapted to engage the inner flange of the base of the adjacent track mail, and said pin being adapted to be spread by its engagement with the web portion of the tie rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH W. BLOWER. Witnesses: i

A. L. PHELPS, E. V. GRIswoLn. 

